Door-gurtain support for vehicles



March 4 ,-1924. 1,486,062

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Application filed March 2, 1922 Serial No. 540,411.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that ARNOLD A. VINEs, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Princeton, in the county of Mercer and State of West Virginia, has invented new and useful Improvements in Door-Curtain Supports for Vehicles, of which the following is a specification.

The object of the invention is to provide means in the nature of an attachment for automobiles and similar vehicles for carrying and effecting the operation of curtains or curtain sections covering the door opening portions of vehicles particularly of the motor driven type and more especially of the Ford type, whereby the door spanning section of a side curtain may be supported and moved in the opening and closing of the vehicle body door so as to give ready access to and egress from the vehicle; and more especially to provide a device for the purpose indicated which does not require any special construction of door or mounting thereof or any special construction of ourtain, but which may be applied to a car and curtain of the ordinary commercial forms now in common use; and with these objects in view the invention consists in a construction and combination of parts of which a preferred embodiment is shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a sectional view of a portion of a car of the type indicated showing the inner side of a door and door spanning curtain with a curtain carrying the operating device embodying the invention applied in the operative position thereto.

Figure 2 is a detail edge view of the door attachment applied in the operative position to the same.

Figure 3 is a detail view of the curtain showing the button openings therein which are necessary for attachment to the curtain carrying apparatus.

The attachment consists essentially of a standard 10 provided at its lower end with a foot or extension 11 adapted to fit into a socket 12 and having an ofi'set 13 to bear upon the upper edge of the door 14: of the car body, and a stretcher arm 15 pendent from and pivotally connected at-16 with the upper extremity of the standard for attachment at its lower end to the side curtain 17 which is arranged in spanning relation with the side door opening.

In the construction illustrated the socket 12 in Which the foot of the standard is removably fitted and from which it can be withdrawn when the curtain is removed or is not required, preferably consists of a plate 18 adapted to be secured by screws or like fastening means to the inner surface of the door, an opening 19 being formed in the outer wall of the socket portion of the plate to permit of the introduction of a screw driver in placing a screw in the back wall of the socket portion to insure stability of the socket.

Moreover in the construction illustrated the standard is disposed in an oblique or rearwardly inclined position so as to dispose the pendent stretcher bar close to the rear edge of the curtain section 17, buttons 20 are carried by the stretcher bar, and if desired by the standard as well for engagement with suitable openings 21 which may be formed in the curtain section at the proper points to enable the carrier represented by the standard and stretcher bar to properly support the curtain or that portion of the curtain adjacent to its free rear edge which is movable with the door when opened to permit of the entrance or exit of a passenger.

The standard affords a rigid support in relation to the door for the curtain so that the latter is movable substantially in the plane of the door as the latter is moved upon its hinges, and the pivotal connection of the stretcher bar at its upper end with the adjacent end of the standard permits of the inward swinging movement and displacement of the lower portion of the rear edge of the curtain to enable the operator standing outside of the car to reach the door catch 22 to release the latter for opening movement.

It will be obvious that the. adaptation of an ordinary side curtain to the support or carrier embodying the invention consists merely in providing it with'openings for the reception of the buttons 20, and the mounting of the carrier consists merely in stepping the foot of the standard in a socket 12 which may be permanently attached to the inner surface of the door without interfering with any of the ordinary functions of the latter and without obstructing the interior of the car, so that when the curtain is not required the carrier may be displaced and stored in a convenient receptacle in the vehicle such as those in which the side curtains are arranged when not in use.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new and useful is In combination with a vehicle door and a flexible door curtain supported above the door, a curtain sup-port comprising a socket member mounted in the vicinity of the free edge of the door, a standard member which is rigid throughout its length, one end of the standard being secured in the socket member, an intermediate portion of the standard bearing upon the upper edge of the door and the upper portion of the standard 1 ,esepea being disposed above the upper edge of the door and inclined rearwardly and with its upper end disposed beyond the vertical free edge of the door, means for attaching the curtain to the standard, a stretcher arm pivotally connected with the upper end of the standard and normally disposed vertically beyond the vertical free edge of the door and means for attaching the curtain to the lower portion of the stretcher arm.

In testimony whereof he affixes his signature.

" ARNOLD A. VINES. 

